MoD names soldier killed by Afghan bomb

Ministry of Defence undated handout photo of ance Corporal Duane Groom from The Queen’s Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards who as killed in Afghanistan on Friday when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Sunday September 16, 2012. The MoD said the 32-year-old, who was born in Suva City, Fiji, was protecting his Afghan and British colleagues as they extracted from a successful operation when he was killed in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province. See PA story DEFENCE Afghanistan. Photo credit should read: MoD/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

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Ministry of Defence undated handout photo of ance Corporal Duane Groom from The Queen’s Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards who as killed in Afghanistan on Friday when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Sunday September 16, 2012. The MoD said the 32-year-old, who was born in Suva City, Fiji, was protecting his Afghan and British colleagues as they extracted from a successful operation when he was killed in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province. See PA story DEFENCE Afghanistan. Photo credit should read: MoD/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.PA

Times Staff

Last updated at 1:52PM, September 16 2012

A soldier killed in Afghanistan on Friday when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb
was named today as Lance Corporal Duane Groom, 32, of The Queen’s Company,
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards.

The Ministry of Defence said that L-Cpl Groom, who was born in Suva City,
Fiji, was protecting Afghan and British colleagues as they withdrew from a
successful operation when he was killed in the Nahr-e Saraj district of
Helmand province.

Lieutenant Colonel James Bowder, Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion Grenadier
Guards, said: “L-Cpl Groom was an outstanding soldier in every respect.
Tough, keen, and unflappable, he was utterly committed to